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  1. Left ventricular (LV) pseudo-false aneurysm is a rare and fatal complication secondary to myocardial infarction. Sometimes, it may perforate the right ventricle (RV) and lead to acute heart failure. We experie...

    Authors: Hiroki Moriuchi, Masaaki Koide, Yoshifumi Kunii, Minori Tateishi, Takuya Maeda and Kumiko Sone
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:87
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  2. Ruptured lung abscess is rare and a serious medical concern. We reported a rare case of exploratory thoracoscopy for hemoptysis and empyema due to ruptured lung abscess.

    Authors: Yutaka Miyano, Kunihiro Oyama, Yuka Saito and Masato Kanzaki
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:86
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  3. Mixed-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare condition in which the pulmonary veins possess multiple drainage sites. In the treatment of multiple lesions, it is sometimes necessary to treat...

    Authors: Yoshinobu Watabe, Nobuyasu Kato, Haruki Niwano, Yasushige Shingu, Tomonori Ooka, Hiroki Kato, Shinji Abe and Satoru Wakasa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:85
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  4. Severe thoracic deformity caused by scoliosis often hampers lung transplantation (LTx) due to its underlying restrictive ventilatory dysfunction. Postoperative stenosis of the reconstructed bronchus due to spi...

    Authors: Junichi Takada, Masaaki Sato, Chihiro Konoeda, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Shogo Shimada, Yasutaka Hirata, Erika Yuasa, Takayuki Oyanagi, Hiroyuki Fukushima and Jun Nakajima
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:84
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  5. Delayed hemothorax after thoracic trauma complicates approximately 7.4–36% of blunt traumas. Cases of delayed hemothorax that suddenly increase and require surgery are rare. We report a case of delayed massive...

    Authors: Hideomi Ichinokawa, Takashi Sowa, Mikiko Suzuki and Kenji Suzuki
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:50
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  6. A secondary aortoenteric fistula after an aortic graft replacement or endovascular aortic repair is a rare but devastating complication that leads to extremely high morbidity and mortality. Because reports of ...

    Authors: Hiroaki Osada, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Takahide Takeda and Kenji Minatoya
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:83
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  7. Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is a rare syndrome characterized by a triad that includes periostitis, digital clubbing, and painful arthropathy of the large joints, especially large joints in the lowe...

    Authors: Akimu Sobue, Teruaki Mizobuchi, Fumihiro Ishibashi, Kaoru Nagato, Hiroki Imabayashi, Yasuo Ishida and Isamu Sugano
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:49
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  8. Cerebral infarction after pulmonary resection is a minor but critical complication. We report a rare case of postoperative complication of Wallenberg syndrome caused by cerebral infarction in the posterior inf...

    Authors: Tsubasa Matsuo, Daisuke Kimura, Kengo Tani, Takahiro Sasaki and Masahito Minakawa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:48
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  9. Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4RD) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate containing IgG4-positive plasma cells that can cause aneurysms in various organ...

    Authors: Toshiki Yokoyama, Ryo Suzuki, Hiroshi Kurazumi, Akira Tanaka, Hiroo Kawano, Akihito Mikamo, Eiji Ikeda and Kimikazu Hamano
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:47
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  10. Arterio-venous fistula is a rare clinical entity that occurs as a result of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm into the inferior vena cava or iliac vein. Open surgery has been considered the treatment of cho...

    Authors: Jun Hayashi, Yuki Sekine, Shuji Toyama, Tetsuro Uchida and Tetsuo Watanabe
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:82
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  11. Sclerosing pneumocytoma is a benign tumor that occurs mostly in the lungs and very rarely in the middle mediastinum. It may be difficult to diagnose, as its radiological features and histologic heterogeneity m...

    Authors: Chihiro Yoshida, Mototsune Kakizaki, Chang Sung Soo and Taku Okamoto
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:45
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  12. Chylothorax after cardiovascular surgery is primarily caused by direct injury to the thoracic duct or its branches, and occurs in early postoperative period. In the present case, we describe a rare case of chy...

    Authors: Yasuhito Nakamura, Kiyoshi Doi, Ryo Fujii, Hiroki Ogura, Etsuji Umeda, Takayoshi Kato, Osamu Sakai and Katsuya Shimabukuro
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:81
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  13. The indication of additional aortic arch surgery for residual aortic dissection remains controversial as some patients experience aneurysm rupture at a smaller diameter of 55 mm.

    Authors: Yuki Ikeno, Yoshishige Takayama, Takashi Matsueda, Maiko Miyoshi, Tatsuo Motoki, Atsushi Kurushima, Takashi Otani and Yoshiaki Fukumura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:80
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  14. This report describes the case of a woman with small-sized peripheral lung cancer who underwent thoracoscopic right superior subsegmentectomy of S6a + b. Preoperative multiplanar reconstruction computed tomogr...

    Authors: Yo Tsukamoto, Mitsuo Yabe, Ai Ishikawa, Daiki Kato, Takamasa Shibazaki, Takeo Nakada and Takashi Ohtsuka
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:35
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  15. Bronchopulmonary foregut malformation (BPFM) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by a fistula between an isolated portion of respiratory tissue and the esophagus or stomach. Srikanth et al. reported tha...

    Authors: Risa Kanai, Koji Fukumoto, Hiromu Miyake, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Katsumi Okuyama, Hideto Iwafuchi and Masashi Koyama
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:79
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  16. We report herein a case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), an extremely rare, esophageal malignancy. A 67-year-old, female patient presented with a nodular lesion in the cervical esophagus whi...

    Authors: Eito Nakagawa, Akinori Miura, Kunihito Suzuki, Katsumasa Saito, Hajime Shinohara, Koudai Ueno, Yu Naito and Toru Motoi
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:78
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  17. Persistent blood flow is common in aortic aneurysms following endovascular repair. However, the recanalization of thrombosed intercostal arteries after open aortic repair is rare. We report a case of aortic an...

    Authors: Shun Tanaka, Haruo Yamauchi, Sachito Minegishi and Minoru Ono
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:77
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  18. Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a relatively uncommon clinical syndrome characterized by dyspnea and deoxygenation accompanying postural changes, such as sitting or standing from a recumbent position.

    Authors: Yuki Wada, Jun Hirokami, Atsushi Nagasawa, Akira Marui and Nobuhisa Ohno
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:76
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  19. Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a fatal disease that originates from odontogenic, pharyngeal, and cervical infections and spreads to the mediastinum. Although adequate drainage of the neck and me...

    Authors: Mitsuhiro Tsuboi, Daisuke Matsumoto and Toshiyuki Hirose
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:75
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  20. Mediastinal ectopic parathyroid adenomas are rare, and several methods are used to diagnose and localize them preoperatively. Technetium-99m methoxy isobutyl isonitrile scintigraphy has been used to diagnose p...

    Authors: Shunsuke Nomura, Hideki Ujiie, Aki Fujiwara-Kuroda, Kichizo Kaga, Masato Aragaki, Jun Muto, Ryohei Chiba, Gaku Yamazaki, Kento Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro Matsuno and Tatsuya Kato
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:74
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  21. Synovitis-acne-pustulosis-hyperostosis-osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by cystic skin disease, aseptic osteomyelitis, and hyperostosis. It is rarely associated w...

    Authors: Makoto Tada, Hirofumi Uehara, Takeshi Ohyu and Atsushi Watanabe
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:73
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  22. Leakage of cervical esophagogastric anastomosis is a serious complication of esophagectomy. However, there is no established way to treat the anastomosis leakage.

    Authors: Kaiho Hirata, Shusuke Yagi, Kazuhiko Yamada, Naoki Enomoto, Kyoko Nohara and Norihiro Kokudo
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:72
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  23. Left atrial dissection (LAD) is an uncommon but potentially devastating complication of cardiac surgery. Though surgical and conservative treatment strategies have been reported, the choice depends on each cli...

    Authors: Ryoi Okano, Dai Kawashima, Yusuke Koshiba, Kimiaki Ai, Takuya Ando, Satoshi Suzuki and Satoru Maeba
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:71
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  24. Although unexpected cardiac arrest is a very rare intraoperative complication, strategies regarding preoperative screening and procedures to be taken in the event of an emergency need to be well established.

    Authors: Kiyotomi Maruyama, Kou Shimada, Arano Makino, Ryo Hisamune, Masanori Kawaguchi, Shigeo Ikeno, Natsuhiro Morita, Ken Ichioka, Tadaaki Shimizu, Tomoki Shirota, Kuniyuki Gomi, Motohiro Mihara and Shoji Kajikawa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:70
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  25. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis with colonic perforation is an exceedingly rare but life-threatening condition. The most comorbid diagnosis in patients with perforated CMV colitis is human immunodeficiency virus...

    Authors: Naoto Fukunaga, Tatsuto Wakami, Akio Shimoji, Toshi Maeda, Otohime Mori, Kosuke Yoshizawa, Tatsuji Okada and Nobushige Tamura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:69
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  26. Chylothorax is an accumulation of typically milky-appearing lymphatic fluid within the pleural cavity. High-output chylothorax may lead to a severe risk of death if not treated promptly. Several studies have r...

    Authors: Teppei Hashimoto, Toshihiro Osaki, Soichi Oka and Hiroyuki Ueda
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:68
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  27. Myxoid solitary fibrous tumors are defined as solitary fibrous tumors with ≥ 50% mucinous components. As they are a rare type of pleural tumor, no reports on their rapid growth before surgery exist.

    Authors: Kaoru Kondo, Toshio Shiotani, Shinichi Furukawa, Mototsugu Watanabe and Kazuhiko Kataoka
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:67
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  28. Hemodialysis patients are at high risk for prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) because of the risk of bacteria entering with each hemodialysis session. To avoid the use of artificial materials as much as possi...

    Authors: Seimei Go, Taiichi Takasaki, Keijiro Katayama and Shinya Takahashi
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:66
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  29. A persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is an anomaly of the thoracic venous system that flows into the right atrium via an enlarged coronary sinus. When performing pulmonary vein isolation and left atria...

    Authors: Go Seimei, Takahashi Shinya, Ohtsuka Toshiya and Takasaki Taiichi
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:65
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  30. It has been reported that veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is useful for treating patients with acute respiratory failure following severe thoracic trauma. However, the removal of an obstructive...

    Authors: Atsushi Tanikawa, Motoo Fujita, Yasushi Kudo, Ken Katsuta, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Takeaki Sato and Shigeki Kushimoto
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:64
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  31. Cardiac hemangiomas are rare, accounting for only 5% of benign cardiac tumors. In the past, there have been few reports of giant cardiac hemangiomas that were > 100 mm in size but were asymptomatic.

    Authors: Yuki Kondo, Toru Yasutsune, Yuichiro Kado, Yuki Jinzai, Tomoya Takigawa, Takehiro Kishigami, Yuna Inaba and Yosuke Nishimura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:63
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  32. Infective endocarditis resulting from community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a rare, but often fatal heart disorder. Here, we report a case of multidisciplinary treatment for ...

    Authors: Kojiro Terata, Shunsuke Saito, Ken Niitsuma, Misako Ohkusu, Noriko Takeuchi, Naruhiko Ishiwada, Taiki Matsuoka, Shotaro Hirota, Shohei Yokoyama, Yasuyuki Kanno, Yuta Kanazawa, Masahiro Tezuka, Yusuke Takei, Go Tsuchiya, Taisuke Konishi, Ikuko Shibasaki…
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:36
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  33. Giant cervicomediastinal goiter extending to the bifurcation of the trachea mostly requires median sternotomy in addition to a cervical collar incision for resection. Sternotomy provides a good operative field...

    Authors: Junichi Morimoto, Takahiro Yamanaka, Jotaro Yusa, Takahiro Ochi, Taisuke Kaiho, Kota Ohashi, Yuki Shiina, Yuki Sata, Takahide Toyoda, Atsushi Hata, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Yuichi Sakairi, Hironobu Wada, Hidemi Suzuki, Takahiro Nakajima and Ichiro Yoshino
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:41
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  34. Left ventricular thrombosis confers a life-threatening risk of systemic embolism; therefore, it requires prompt intervention. Although anticoagulation is the primary treatment, surgery is indicated in instance...

    Authors: Ryoma Oda, Atsumi Oishi, Yuki Kamikawa, Hiroaki Hata and Kan Kajimoto
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:42
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  35. Bronchiolar adenoma/ciliated muconodular papillary tumor (BA/CMPT) is listed in the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification 5th edition as a rare benign tumor with papillary growth of ciliary, goblet, a...

    Authors: Naoki Yamashita, Tomomi Hirata, Noriko Motoi, Toshihiko Iizuka, Satoru Kakuta, Nobuhiro Yamazaki, Yuki Nakajima, Hiroyasu Kinoshita and Hirohiko Akiyama
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:37
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  36. Reports on cardiac hemangioma detection by F-18-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) are extremely rare.

    Authors: Takuma Kobayashi, Satoshi Numata, Yu Hohri, Hidetake Kawajiri and Hitoshi Yaku
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:39
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  37. It is well known that congenital heart disease, especially a ventricular septal defect, is associated with a high risk of infective endocarditis. There are few reports of infective endocarditis with vegetation...

    Authors: Yuta Kitagata, Hiroshi Tsuneyoshi, Kenta Ito, Ken Yamanaka, Masahiro Hirano, Keiichi Hirose and Akio Ikai
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:43
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  38. Traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts are a rare complication resulting from pulmonary contusion associated with blunt chest trauma.

    Authors: Hiroki Matsumiya, Kanji Tanaka, Yuki Tahara, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Masaru Takenaka, Koji Kuroda and Fumihiro Tanaka
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:51
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  39. The surgical strategy for aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) depends on the experience of each surgeon, and there is no consensus on the strategy to be adopted. We propose our two-stage operation compromising esoph...

    Authors: Naoto Fukunaga, Akio Shimoji, Toshi Maeda, Otohime Mori, Kosuke Yoshizawa, Kenji Minatoya and Nobushige Tamura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:44
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  40. Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy has recently been reported to be useful for treating empyema complicated by bronchopleural fistula (BPF). Since the pleural cavity must be closed to apply this treatment, ...

    Authors: Akira Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Shoji and Hiromichi Katakura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:38
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  41. Lymphangioma is a relatively rare benign congenital malformation composed of dilated cystic lymphatic vessels; however, its occurrence in adults and manifestation as mediastinal lymphangioma are even rarer. In...

    Authors: Go Kamimura, Kazuhiro Ueda, Aya Takeda, Ryo Miyata, Masaya Aoki, Toshiyuki Nagata and Masami Sato
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:27
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  42. Endoleaks after stent graft treatment can cause disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), leading to a bleeding tendency.

    Authors: Ryo Kanamoto, Takeshi Oda, Keiichi Akaiwa, Katsuhiko Nakamura and Eiki Tayama
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:34
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  43. Iatrogenic diaphragmatic hernias have been reported as a rare complication of thoracic and abdominal surgery. We herein report a case of delayed iatrogenic left diaphragmatic hernia after diaphragm pedunculate...

    Authors: Soichi Oka, Toshihiro Osaki, Teppei Hashimoto and Yuichiro Kawamura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:26
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  44. Total arch replacement using elephant trunk (ET) has been accepted as a standard technique for thoracic aortic dissection. However, there are few complications related to the ET, such as kinking of the ET, par...

    Authors: Takayuki Fujii, Noriyuki Abe, Takahiro Yamazato, Noriko Ohyama and Hiroshi Munakata
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:40
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  45. We present a very rare case of pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect with staged definitive repair more than 40 years after palliative surgery. The patient, a 43-year-old male, had undergone a Waters...

    Authors: Noriyoshi Ebuoka, Norihiro Ando, Hidetsugu Asai, Nobuyasu Kato, Tsuyoshi Tachibana and Satoru Wakasa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:46
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  46. The cleft mitral valve leaflet is a common cause of congenital mitral regurgitation and is most often associated with other congenital heart defects, usually endocardial cushion defects. Cases in which cleft m...

    Authors: Masato Hayama, Mizuki Sumi, Mau Amako, Kiyoyuki Eishi and Hideichi Wada
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:25
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  47. An amyloidoma is defined as a solitary, localized, tumor-like deposit of amyloid in the absence of systemic amyloidosis. Amyloidomas occur most frequently in the bladder, followed by the lungs, trachea and bro...

    Authors: Toru Kawakami, Jun Atsumi, Kiyomi Shimoda, Miyako Hiramatsu, Teruaki Oka and Yuji Shiraishi
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:24
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  48. The use of donor hearts with valvular disease has been considered debatable in heart transplantation for many years. However, few reports indicate successful heart transplantation using donor hearts with mitra...

    Authors: Tsubasa Mikami, Takuji Kawamura, Yoshito Ito, Yusuke Misumi, Noriyuki Kashiyama, Ai Kawamura, Masashi Kawamura, Daisuke Yoshioka, Kazuo Shimamura, Koichi Toda and Shigeru Miyagawa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:61
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  49. Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma is a rare pulmonary neoplasm, which occasionally presents with severe symptoms such as pneumothorax or hemothorax, and shows favorable outcomes following surgical resection. It pre...

    Authors: Machiko Nishii-Mitsuaki, Chiaki Nakazono, Satoru Okada, Kenji Kameyama, Yoji Urata, Masayoshi Inoue and Yasuo Ueshima
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:23
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  50. Cavernous hemangiomas are usually located in the liver, skin, and subcutaneous tissues. Although they can arise from any organ, cavernous hemangiomas rarely occur as a pulmonary tumor. We herein report a rare ...

    Authors: Takashi Ibe, Takayuki Kosaka, Masayuki Sugano, Satoru Kakizaki and Ken Shirabe
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:22
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